After I wrote yesterday’s post, I have to admit it, I was thinking about sex…a lot. So cue the Barry White, I have a few more thoughts. If that is an intriguing (or perhaps disturbing) opening, don’t worry…this post is not at all like what that opening implies. (It’s 8:00 am and I haven’t had…
I haven’t written any posts for the past few days: this is why. The next chapter in Mere Christianity is “Sexual Morality.” For some reason, I just haven’t wanted to write about this. Maybe it’s because I’m now divorced; maybe it’s because I’m 45 and am too busy raising my 4-year old son to even…
Here’s a question for you: if someone suffers a psychotic break and, in the midst of that, takes a knife and slits the throat of an innocent person, is that person guilty of murder? Here’s another question: who is the “more moral” of a person? Me (I never got a detention in school, never even…
In 3:3 of Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis addresses the topic of morality at the social level. It may come as a shock to modern Evangelical conservatives in America who think Donald Trump’s or Ted Cruz’s vision of America is the same as that of Jesus, but C.S. Lewis doesn’t see things that way. For that…
C.S. Lewis was a well-respected professor of medieval literature. It shouldn’t surprise anyone that when discussing the idea of Christian morality, Lewis hearkens back to the wisdom of the medieval church. There has traditionally been seven virtues articulated by the church. The first four are called the “Cardinal Virtues,” and the next three are called…
Over the past couple of weeks I have not written any posts on C.S. Lewis and Mere Christianity. A friend of mine suggested I get back to it, and so since someone who takes the time to read my blog made a request, your wish is my command. In Book 3 of Mere Christianity, C.S….
Christopher Hitchens is a kick to read. At the beginning of this last post on his book, god is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, I want to make one thing clear about Hitchens: he strikes me as a guy you could debate viciously, and then afterwards go out and have beer with—and he would…
Christopher Hitchens is convinced. There is no doubt in his mind: the Bible approves of the worst kinds of cruelty! According to Hitchens, “The Bible may, indeed does, contain a warrant for trafficking in humans, for ethnic cleansing, for slavery, for bride-price, and for indiscriminate massacre, but we are not bound by any of it because…
As I am doing research for my book The Heresy of Ham, I am constantly finding blog posts written by Ken Ham that simply are astounding. Eight years ago, when I moved to Alabama to be the Biblical Worldview teacher at a small Evangelical school, I had absolutely no clue (nor did I care about)…
It is now time to analyze Christopher Hitchens’ take on the Bible. It should come as no surprise to find that, although Hitchens’ main argument is “religion” (of any sort) is poisonous, and although he does spend an entire chapter on Islam, the bulk of his criticism is directed at Christianity and the Bible. The…